Bisamratte vs Curled Dock

Ondatra zibethicus compared with Rumex crispus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bisamratte	Curled Dock
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Cricetidae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Ondatra	Rumex
Species	Ondatra zibethicus	Rumex crispus

Conservation Status

Bisamratte

NE — Not Evaluated

Curled Dock

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bisamratte	Curled Dock
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bisamratte

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (8 countries), Europe (37 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile).

Curled Dock

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (7 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea), and South America (7 countries).

Bisamratte

The Bisamratte (Ondatra zibethicus) is a species in the genus Ondatra. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 11 countries:

🇦🇷 Argentina 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇨🇱 Chile 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇫🇷 France 🇯🇵 Japan 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇸 United States